Pastry-board.



Patented January 31, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRITZ STAASSEN, MONMQUTH, ILLINOIS.

PASTRY-BOARD. I

U SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No'. 781,239, datedJanuary 31, 1905.

Application filed November 10, 1904. Serial No. 232,071

To a, whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, FRITZ STAASSEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Monmouth, in the county of Warren and State of- Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pastry-Boards; andIdo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making apart ings and hereinafter described and claimed. Flgure 1 of thedrawlngs 1s a perspectiveview of a pastry-board constructed inaccordance with my invention;-Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical sectionshowing the rolling-pin sents the supporting-bed to receive the doughprevious to its being rolled to the required thickness, said bed beingof any suitable size and shape and constructed of wood or any otherpreferred material found best adapted to the purpose and is providedupon its upper surface with a fibrous covering'B, of canvas or likematerial, which can be removed therefrom and replaced by a new one whenthe covering becomes worn or useless. This covering is considered ofmaterial importance in view of the fact that it prevents the dough fromsticking and forms a yielding surface upon which to roll the dough.

The supporting-bed A has a groove around its four sides, as shown at a,as shown more clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and in this grooveloosely fits the adjustable frame C, which is preferably of metal and isadapted to be raised or lowered in accordance with the thickness ofdough desired. The corners of .the supporting-bed A and at the apexformed 'by the sides of the bed are cut away, so as to form open spaces6, and on a line with the, open spaces are mortises'c to receivestationary sup porting-plates D, so that said plates will be flush withthe surface of the groove 60. The supporting-plate D forms a support forsimilar plates E, and any number of these plates may be used at eachcorner of the supporting-bed so as to regulate the height of the frame Cwith relation to the supporting-bed Afthe adjustment of the heightdepending upon the thickness of the sheet of dough required. Thestationary plate Dis secured in place in the mortise c by means ofscrews cl or other like fastenings, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings,and said plate at its outer end has a dowel-pin e, which may be of anyheight to receive plates E of varying thickne'ss or any number of platesof equal thickness. Each of the plates E has a perforation f to engagethe dowel-pin e, and its inner end is bifurcated, as shown at g, andwhen said plate is in place over the plate D the bifurcation willregister with a bolt-hole h in the stationary plate. 7

Under each of the-'supporting-plates D and on line with the bolt-hole 71is a stationary screw-nut i, which is seated in a mortise j in thesupporting-bed, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and engaging withthe nut is a screw .bolt F. down through an open slot in the corner ofthe frame (3, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and through thebolt-hole h in the plate D and the screw-threaded end of the boltengages the threads in the nut 2'. The screwbolt F has a washer Zrigidly securedthereto and which moves with said'bolt, which is heldpermanently to the frame Gby virtue of said washer, and by turning thescrew-bolt in the proper direction the height of the frame may beadjusted, and by turning the bolt so as to The screw-bolt F extendsdisengage it with the nut z' the frame may be removed. The open slots isadmit of the bolts being removed from the frame C when desired, the openslots being necessary in view of the fact that the washer is a permanentfixture to the bolt, and consequently could not be withdrawn through anordinary bolthole, and the bifurcations in the plates E admit of theplates being placed in position without the necessity of removing theframe with the screw-bolts.

In describing the several details of construction it is evident thatmany changes or modifications of the invention can be made without inany manner departing from the essential features thereof, and I wish itso understood that any changes that would come within ordinarymechanical judgment may be resorted to.

Having now fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A pastry-board comprising a suitable supporting-base having a fibrouscovering upon its face and grooves upon the four sides of the base and aframe engaging the grooves and means for adjusting the height of theframe with relation of the face of the base, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

2. A pastry-board comprising a supportingbase with grooves upon its foursides, open spaces at the corners of the base, supportingplates locatedtherein and permanently secured to the base, said plates havingdowelpins and bolt-holes and stationary screw-nuts upon the under sideon the plates and on line with the bolt-holes, bifurcatedsupportingplates engaging the dowel-pins, and a frame engaging thegrooves in the supporting-base and having open slots at the cornersthereof, and bolts extending through the slots and having stationarywashers, said bolts extending through the bifurcations of the plates andengaging the screw-nuts, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRITZ S'IAASSEN.

Vitnesses:

R. H. MoLUsKEY, W. S. FINDLEY.

